Original subtitles

MAN: Come on, man.

Let's go, let's go. Come on.

Come on. Hurry up, hurry up.

We got to show those B3 Dukes whose turf this is.

Run!

I got you, fat boy! Where you going?

[TIRES SCREECHING] Where you going, fat boy?

[GUNSHOTS]

Huh? [GUNSHOTS]

Dukes, baby.

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

Yeah, man, you gotta find something for me to do around here.

[CONVERSATION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

Hey, Little Mac, give me a dime, man.

Let me see your bread.

Hey, hey!

Hey, get out of here, man! Look out!

It's a firebomb!

[SHOUTING]

[SCREAMING]

MAN: Yo, Little Mac, you was on the door!

Uhh! Aah!

Get up, boy! Get up!

You're lucky that's all I'll do to you.

[GROANS]

That's a quarter mil of my merchandise, boy,

up in smoke, fool!

Zack, I didn't see them!

[GROANS]

Firebombed! It's gone!

You think I can afford that?

Huh? In your ugly face.

[SCREAMS]

Nobody does this to B3 Dukes

and keeps on breathing.

Nobody.

Now, you new Dukes...

I want you to go out and find this firebug for me.

Get me a name.

I want a name,

and we gonna smoke this fool.

You know how we do it.

Just like everybody else that try to stop us

from taking down what's ours.

Word up, Zack. B3 Dukes.

Dukes.

Let's do this.

Don't come back without.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

Attention.

Bow. Free stand. ALL: Yes, sir.

We have two promotions today.

First to blue belt:

Melissa Echols. [CHEERING]

Congratulations.

And a red belt...

Kyla Jarvis.

[ALL APPLAUDING]

That's my grandbaby.

[LAUGHS]

I should mention that Kyla is our youngest red belt

in the "Kick Drugs Out of America" program.

[APPLAUSE]

We got to stop the killing, the robbing, and the drugs.

That means taking back the neighborhood now

before it's too late.

Now, last night...

Last night was the starting gun.

Last night was crazy, Leon.

Now, that could cause a whole lot of trouble.

What did you learn in 'Nam, Clete?

Survival.

Stay low and don't go home in no body bag.

Yeah, well, I learned to hit them first and keep on hitting.

Word on the street say he the one...

Leon Barlow.

ZACK: Yo, that's him?

SECOND MAN: Way to go, Bobby.

Since you was the one that dug this all up for me,

you get the privilege of putting some caps in his butt.

Cool.

* This is the day *

* That the Lord *

* Has made *

* We will rejoice *

* And be glad in it *

* This is the day *

* That the Lord has made *

* We will rejoice *

* And be glad in it *

* Whoa, whoa, whoa *

* This is *

* The day *

* Be glad in it *

* Rejoice*

* In the Lord *

* And let me hear you sing * * Rejoice *

* Let me hear you sing * * Rejoice *

* Let every man rejoice *

You're looking very fine this morning, Mabel.

* In the Lord *

* This is the day *

* That the Lord has made *

* We will rejoice *

* And be glad in it *

* Whoa, whoa, whoa *

* This is the day *

* Be glad in it *

WOMAN: No, no, no. I'm sorry, Leon,

but I just disagree.

Whoever burned down that place was wrong.

For torching a crackhouse? Uh-uh.

Whoever burned that house

was doing the neighborhood a favor.

Two wrongs do not make a right.

ALEX: She's right, Leon.

People can't take the law into their own hands.

How'd I do?

Hey, Kyla, you were terrific!

Wonderful!

Best time I've had in a month of Sundays.

You sang like an angel, Kyla.

I love you, Mr. Walker.

I love you, too.

* This is the day *

* That the Lord has made *

Oh, that was so good.

You're a pretty good singer yourself.

No, no, no, no.

This is the singer here.

MAN: There's Leon.

Everybody was clapping and stuff, like...

Come on, cuz, shoot him!

Shoot him!

LEON: Get down! [MABEL SCREAMING]

Shoot!

[GROANS]

MABEL: Kyla!

[CRYING]

Kyla!

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

* In the eyes of a Ranger *

* The unsuspecting stranger *

* Had better know the truth of wrong from right *

* 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you *

* Any wrong you do he's gonna see *

* When you're in Texas, look behind you *

* 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be *

What'd you find out?

Ten people on the street when Kyla was shot,

and nobody saw a thing.

We don't need witnesses. I know who's responsible.

It's Russell and them B3 Dukes.

There's gonna be payback

for what they did to Kyla, too.

What are you gonna do, Leon,

burn down another crackhouse?

What are you talking about?

I think they were shooting at you.

That's what I think.

Crackhouse that was burned down

was run by the B3 Dukes, Leon.

Look, man, I don't know nothin' about nothin',

except that somebody's got to do something.

Well, if you want somebody to do something,

why don't you escort the kids

to school in the morning?

Or videotape the crack dealers?

Oh, video?

You think them punks care about that?

WALKER: Look, if you videotape 'em, we'll bust 'em.

All the Dukes understand is force.

MABEL: Oh, stop it, Leon.

Don't say any more, please.

Violence will never be stopped with violence.

Doctor, how is she?

The bullets did a lot of damage,

and she's bleeding internally.

We can't stop it. I-I'm very sorry.

Let's go.

BOBBY: I shot that little girl, Zack.

ZACK: To hell with her!

You know what we gotta do now?

We gotta get Leon.

That's what we gotta do.

We gotta set an example in this neighborhood!

I'm getting sick of this.

Ain't that right, T?

You know what we gotta do.

So what about you, bro, huh?

Are you down with this, or what?

Yeah, man, yeah. I'm down.

I'm just wondering how that little girl is, that's all.

She's dying. That's how she is.

Who are you?

B3 Dukes for life.

What's your name?

Bobby Miller.

I got this.

Now, what you want?

I want to know who shot that little girl.

Now, B3 Dukes had nothing to do with all that, man.

So don't even step up in here with your big hat on, man,

talking all that smack.

TRIVETTE: Then who did?

Somebody move in on your territory, Russell?

Ain't nobody talking to you, Tonto.

[LAUGHTER]

Then maybe we should discuss it downtown.

Ooh. Ooh.

"Maybe we should discuss it downtown."

[LAUGHTER]

You think it's funny, don't you, Russell?

As soon as I can prove you shot that little girl,

I'm gonna slap that smile

right off your face.

Why don't you do it now?

You can't do that, Walker.

I just did.

Come on, let's go. Move it.

You're dead, Walker!

You're dead, man!

[BEEPING]

[GASPING]

Baby?

Baby?

Don't you leave your grandma, you hear me?

Please!

[SOBBING] My sweet baby.

Baby...

Oh, Lord!

Dear Lord...

[SOBBING]

I know you know best.

I'm not questioning that...

[BEEPING]

And I know I've made this child my life.

I'm asking you to...

Spare this child.

Not for me,

for her.

She doesn't deserve this.

She's a good girl,

and she's been through so much already.

* Honor *

* And glory *

* With honor *

* And glory *

* Glorify *

* I will glorify *

* The Lord *

* And so we'll glorify the Lord *

* And we'll honor him *

* Glorify *

My baby.

* The Lord *

Everything's gonna be okay, Grandma.

It's gonna be okay.

Oh, my baby!

Thank you. Thank you, Jesus.

It's incredible,

but absolutely all internal bleeding has stopped.

I mean, through all the tests...

You're trying to say

she's healed,

aren't you, Doctor?

[GASPS] Oh, oh, Lord.

Oh, my little Kyla, she's healed!

Yes, ma'am, she is, completely.

She's healed, Ranger,

and for no scientific, understandable reason.

I simply can't explain it.

It's pretty hard to explain the power of faith, Doctor.

Thank you, thank you. [LAUGHS]

At first it was hurting, real bad,

and I was afraid I was gonna die.

But then, I didn't feel anything,

nothing at all,

except peaceful.

It was like rising out of the darkness

and into the light.

Such beautiful light.

That's where I met my angel,

so it must have been heaven.

Your angel?

Mmm-hmm, I wish you can see her like I do.

She's beautiful.

She told me I had to come back here.

I didn't want to.

It was so beautiful and peaceful there...

But she said it was important

and that you'd help.

That I'd help? Mmm-hmm.

To do what?

Stop the killing and save the neighborhood.

Well, Kyla, how I can help

is if you can describe those men for me

that were in the car.

My angel says don't worry about any of that.

It'll all be taken care of.

TRIVETTE [ON RADIO]: Walker, I checked out that Bobby Miller kid

through Metro Gang Unit.

His address is 1437 Lynch Street, apartment 10-C.

WALKER: Thanks, Trivette.

I'm on my way.

[ARGUING, GLASS BREAKING]

WOMAN: Stop it!

MAN: You shut your damn mouth, woman, or I'll kill you!

WOMAN: Leave him alone! Get back, Bobby! No!

Hey!

Ranger, you saw.

I was just defending myself against this damn gangbanger.

You his father?

He ain't nothing to me.

I'm Bobby's mother.

You all right, ma'am?

She's fine!

We scuffled is all.

Nobody hit nobody.

Ain't that right, baby?

Tell him.

Uh, nobody did nothing to get arrested for.

So I guess I'll go on back inside.

I'll pick up my things tomorrow, Mama.

Bobby, please.

Please! No need for that!

[DOOR CLOSES]

Hey, Bobby.

What you doing down here, Walker?

What you want?

What do I want?

I want the violence in this neighborhood to stop.

Well, what's that got to do with me?

Well, right now, you're part of the problem.

What I'd like is for you to be part of the solution.

And how's that, man?

Snitching on my set?

Turn in my homeys? No.

If you don't break off from them,

you're going to wind up in jail or the cemetery.

That's the way it is, old man.

You can't change that.

See, my daddy was in a gang,

and his daddy was in a gang, too,

and they both went down out in the street, man.

All right?

You saw, man. You saw what I'm dealing with here!

I got one real family, one real home.

B3 Dukes.

If that's what you really believe,

you're gonna wind up dead before you're 20.

I hope I am.

It was here, just half a block away from singing in the church choir

that 10-year-old Kyla Jarvis was gunned down during a drive-by shooting.

The bullets were of large caliber and caused extensive damage.

At best, Kyla's chances of recovery were very slim.

WOMAN REPORTER: But Kyla Jarvis did recover, and fully.

Not six months or a year later,

but a mere eight hours after her surgery.

WOMAN ON T.V.: Kyla's cubicle suddenly just filled with

light,

a really weird light.

It just lasted a short time,

but I'll never forget it.

It was incredible.

A miracle, I guess.

Like a really incredible

miracle.

REPORTER: A really incredible miracle.

Tomorrow morning, Kyla Jarvis checks out of St. Mary's,

just two days after she was shot.

I'll be there to bring any further developments

of her amazing story.

This is special assignment reporter Sharon Stafford

reporting from the 'hood in Dallas, Texas.

KYLA: And the angel brought me back home,

and she said she would stay as long as it took

to stop the killing and save our neighborhoods.

REPORTER: What does this angel of yours look like, Kyla?

She's beautiful, like heaven,

where she comes from.

She's gonna teach us how to be real neighbors again.

Yeah, right.

How does your... angel plan to make that happen?

Well, we're gonna be asking people

around Beall Avenue and Third

to come to Fallon Park on Easter Sunday morning,

and by getting everyone together,

we can show how different people can become friends

and change things,

'cause if we believe hard enough,

then anything is possible,

and we can use all the help we can get

from you people in TV

and newspapers and stuff, okay?

And remember,

Sunday morning at Fallon Park.

All right, let's go.

REPORTER: Thank you, Kyla. Thank you very much.

SECOND REPORTER: Thank you, sweetheart.

Thank you all for your support.

I don't know if she's real or not,

but, uh

angels are hot this year, and, uh

well, I think it's a great story.

You're an idiot.

Man!

You see that little girl on TV?

She major trippin',

talkin' about angels and stuff

and savin' the neighborhood.

Walker said she was dying, and now she fine.

You call that trippin', Devon?

Shut up!

Both of y'all, I want you to just shut the hell up!

What we got to worry about now

is her identifying us.

Now, come on, y'all,

she ain't nothing but a little girl.

Didn't I tell you to shut up?

That little girl can put you away for life.

Now, she saw us.

Well, what you want to do?

You want to wait for the day

that she walks up and points her finger at you

and tells that Ranger that you was the one

that pulled the trigger? Huh?

No.

[LAUGHS] That what you want to do?

No, man.

Good.

Step off me.

TRIVETTE: What is going on here?

You really think that Kyla believes

she can change that neighborhood?

She seems to think so, with the help of an angel.

So, what you're saying

is she's on a mission from God or something.

Trivette, you didn't see the light shining in her room.

I mean, here was a girl that was dying.

The doctor said she had no hope.

Then all of a sudden, she's healed.

How do you figure?

A miracle.

Well, for want of a better word...

Yeah.

* Turn your eyes *

* Upon Jesus *

* Look full in His wonderful face *

* And the things Of earth... *

So what's this, sugar?

Read it and see.

"Save our neighborhood.

"We can do it if we try.

"Come to Fallon Park on Easter Sunday morning

"and help us make our very own miracle.

"With enough love, anything is possible."

[LAUGHS]

well, I sure know that last part is true,

but, um, little sister,

you got to be crazy running these bad streets.

Ah... [LAUGHS]

I see what you're saying, girlfriend.

If you're crazy, then so am I, huh?

Mmm-hmm.

Okay.

You got it.

God bless you.

You, too, sweetheart.

Thank you.

* In the light Of His glory *

* And praise *

LEON: You got to stay and fight, man.

No. You stay and fight.

First that kid shot dead at my door.

Then last night was the final straw for me, Leon.

That guy who robbed me?

He had a gun pointed at my head right here.

The next time could be the last time.

I'm not saying you got to do it alone, Frank.

We'd be right alongside you. Me, Clete, all of us.

Oh, yeah, sure, against the Dukes. Right.

Don't leave, Mr. Narzino. Please.

Wait a second.

Who are all these people?

Just stay for a little bit longer.

What for, huh, Kyla?

What, so I can get robbed again

like I did last night?

You give me one good reason.

For the miracle at Fallon Park.

The miracle at Fallon Park.

Right.

Where decent people

can't even walk down the street in broad daylight,

where there's been 16 killings in the past year.

Then help us do something about it.

If folks like you stay and help,

then there will be a miracle.

Don't run away, Mr. Narzino.

We need you.

MABEL: Yes.

Listen to her.

Okay, Kyla.

If you got the guts,

then so does Frank Narzino.

I'll give it a little more time.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Oh, I'm glad you're better, kid.

[CAR RADIO PLAYING RAP SONG]

Kyla!

You come back here.

It's okay, Grandma.

[TURNS RADIO OFF]

Yo, lo. What she say?

"I forgive you."

She said what?

She said, "I forgive you."

Kyla's hanging up fliers all over your place.

Look, Mabel, I know Kyla believes in all this, but let's be honest.

Only miracle would be if anybody shows up.

You know, you have just about gotten on my last nerve,

how you can fix your lips

to just shoot down a little girl's faith.

You got to fight fire with fire, Mabel,

not fairy tales.

You're wrong, Leon.

So what do we do, Walker?

I'll tell you what you do.

You start a neighborhood watch.

A neighborhood watch?

Yes, Leon.

We can make this neighborhood

a better place to live in.

Let's show every neighborhood in the country

what you can do if people work together.

Whether or not you believe in Kyla's angel or not, that's not important,

but her message is.

You don't stop gangs with violence

but with caring.

Mr. Walker, can you help me?

Coming, Kyla.

Well, you've got 'em everywhere.

You ready?

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's go, man.

Right.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Yeah!

Aah!

Oh! Kyla!

[AUTOMATIC WEAPON FIRE]

You okay, Kyla?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Kyla!

I'm okay.

It's that Ranger!

I want that dude. Let's go!

Man, you're crazy!

I said let's go!

If they're trying to kill Kyla,

she must be right.

Okay. Me and mine are with you.

REPORTER: Just a short while ago,

unless you were a gang member,

this park was a no-man's land of drug dealing

and gun battles,

but today, things are beginning to change.

Slowly but surely,

the average, hard-working people of this neighborhood

are beginning to take their first steps

in reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.

According to Mr. Barlow here,

this is a neighborhood problem, and the people...

That's right. It's a neighborhood problem,

and ain't enough cops on the street to solve this thing.

I mean, for way too long,

we've been depending on the city,

the county, and the state

to take care of all the crime and stuff,

but that's over. At least here anyway.

We doing it ourselves,

'cause you can't stop these gangs with violence.

You got to stop 'em with caring.

Um, thank you, Mr. Barlow,

but the question remains,

can a 10-year-old girl bring about any real change

in her crime-ridden neighborhood?

My angel told me that we gotta believe.

We got to have faith that things can change for better.

Hope. You know what I mean

that things don't have to stay the way they are now.

We can change our world one way or the other.

One neighborhood at a time,

'cause if we believe hard enough,

then anything really is possible.

MAN: Yeah!

You'll see,

I promise, this Sunday at Fallon Park.

REPORTER: Leon Barlow's neighborhood watch group,

just a few days old and already numbering nearly 50.

And the men are deeply involved

in monitoring the neighborhood

and providing adult supervision

for the neighborhood youth.

Are miracles possible in this cynical 20th century?

And can faith still move mountains?

With just a few days left before Easter Sunday,

we media cynics will soon find out.

TRIVETTE: See how brazen these boys are?

MAN: Well, will you look at that?

Look at that. Oh, boy.

TRIVETTE: Mmm-hmm.

THIRD MAN: Yeah, that's him. That's him.

Is that him? Mmm-hmm.

Oh, yeah. He's been working at it, yeah.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey, there you go.

That's Little Mac's brother.

We got enough on him now, you know?

Oh, this has been going on forever.

That one there, he's Red Bone.

All right, we got it.

Got it all right here.

That was your boy, right? You cover him?

Straight out in the open.

No, they don't care.

Yeah, I remember her.

TRIVETTE: Yeah, that ought to do it, Walker.

You did good, Leon.

You mean you can use it?

You bet we can.

All right! Yes!

Heads up, I got two guys in a convertible.

[SIRENS WAILING]

* Get on the floor *

Get 'em up! Get 'em up!

* Get on the floor *

[SIREN WAILING]

Go! Go! Go! Go!

* Get on the floor *

* Get on the floor *

I don't want to hear it!

They arrested all of them last night, man.

Joker, Red Bone... Just shut up!

Yo', man, Zack, he's just telling you how it is.

Man, that's it.

Look at 'em over there,

laughing, playing,

having fun, thinking they safe.

Man, we gonna lose this 'hood

if we don't start hitting back!

Man, how you gonna hit back

with that videotape all up in your grill?

They want a videotape?

I'll give 'em something to videotape.

Trivette.

Get ready to move.

RUSSELL: You're dead, old man!

You better think twice, Russell.

Kyla, get out of the way, honey.

The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

He maketh me lie down in green pastures.

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul.

He leadeth me in the path of righteousness

for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I shall fear no evil...

I think you better get out of here, Russell.

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

I think you'd best back off.

This is bigger than you.

Yo, let's blase.

I'm telling you, ain't no way we getting thrown out this park!

We got to take back what's ours!

And all this hopin' and praisin' and singin'

and all this mess has gotta stop!

We at the end of this now!

We gotta fight to the end, yo'.

You know what I'm saying? Or we done.

There it is, man.

The only way to stop it is the way it starts, right?

We gotta dig up the root. We gotta kill it!

Right.

Right?

No.

ZACK: No, man.

They gonna get what's theirs,

but first things first.

See, that little girl and her angel

and that praise-singing grandma of hers started all this.

* I went into a world Of trouble *

* I wish I could run away *

ZACK: And that old fool Leon.

Today we gonna do what we should've done a long time ago.

* If I show An act of faith *

* Uh-huh *

[WHISPERING] I forgive you.

* Runnin' to the hands *

* Of the Lord *

* That's what I say *

BOBBY: She forgave me.

One more day.

Think she's gonna make it?

Get all those people together at Fallon Park?

Yeah, I think she will.

* I'm prayin' For redemption *

* Ooh, if this is My last night *

* Uh-huh huh *

* Now I'm runnin' to... *

Come on!

[RINGING]

Walker.

BOBBY: Hey, Walker, that little girl,yeah, yeah,

you know the one. You gotta help her, man.

Russell and the Dukes, they're gonna blast her, man.

Barlow...Barlow and her grandma, too, man.

Bobby?

Come on, get here!

Let's go.

* I'm runnin' To the hands *

* Of the Lord *

Kyla, baby, it looks like you're gonna get your miracle,

just like you and your angel wanted.

All right, it's true.

I never would've said it before, but it's true.

What's wrong, honey?

Don't be afraid.

The angel said it's gonna be okay.

Yo, where you going, old man?

Turn around and face me.

Yeah.

We're gonna be all right if we just believe.

Yo, what the hell you doin'?

You can't do this, Zack.

Oh, no?

Just watch me, cuz.

Oh, yeah, but that's right,

you ain't my cuz no more, are you, Bobby?

Huh? 'Cause you ain't down for this, right?

You're not gonna change anything by killing.

It doesn't matter what you do to us.

The miracle's already happening.

Shut up!

All right, I'm sick of you and your little angels

and your little miracles.

Yo', man, Zack, she's right.

We can't stop nothing by hurting her, man.

MAN: No, Zack, he's upset.

A dead man is what he is.

No, please don't!

Oh, you want it first, huh?

[GUNSHOT]

You shot our own man!

And I'll bust a cap in your butt. Now, leave me alone.

Drop it!

[PUNCHES LANDING]

TRIVETTE: All right, Leon.

All right, all right, all right.

I got him, I got him.

Hang on, Bobby. Help's on the way.

[CRYING]

Bobby.

I think I saw your angel, Kyla.

Beautiful, isn't she?

Yeah.

[SOBBING]

Mama, don't cry.

He's gone, Robert. Jackson's gone.

It's just you and me, baby.

Bobby, I think you've become part of the solution.

Not all the way.

You know I was the shooter, don't you?

Not anymore, you're not.

Thank you.

* This is the day *

* That the Lord *

* Has made *

* We will rejoice *

* We will rejoice *

* And be glad in it *

* This is the day *

* That the Lord has made *

* We will rejoice And be glad in it *

* Whoa, whoa, whoa *

* This is the day *

* Be glad in it *

* Rejoice *

* In the Lord *

Words don't work at a moment like this.

Let's just let the sights and sounds

of this little miracle in the 'hood

speak for itself.

* Rejoice *

* In the Lord *

* Rejoice *

* This is the day *

* That the Lord Has made *

* We will rejoice *

* And be glad in it... *

WOMAN: I hope not.

MAN: Oh, Lord, please.

Join us.

[APPLAUSE]

All right! All right!

Hey, come on, young man.

Come on.

Who would've believed it?

Kyla and her angel.

Praise the Lord.

* Amazing grace *

* How sweet the sound *

* That saved a wretch *

* Like me *

* I once was lost *

* But now am found *

* Was blind *

* But now I see *

* Amazing grace *

* How sweet the sound *

* That saved a wretch *

* Like me *

* Do you believe in miracles? *

[THEME SONG PLAYING]

* 'Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you *

* Any wrong you do he's gonna see *

* When you're in Texas, look behind you *

* 'Cause that's where the Ranger's gonna be *